Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a new law regulating carbon dioxide emissions as the country strives to fulfill promises to significantly reduce its carbon footprint by 2030.

The second of Nord Stream 2’s twin pipelines is scheduled for completion in August, with the first line having been finished and prepped for filling earlier this month. Politically, Nord Stream 2 has been nothing less than a high-stakes poker game among nations to achieve geopolitical goals.

The new facility is being built in partnership with RusGazDobycha and will become one the largest gas plants in the world.

Russia’s second-largest gas producer plans to raise $11 billion with the help of China, Japan, and Europe.

Massive Russian Baltic Sea gas export line faces scrutiny, sanctions from the West.

The gas industry on both sides of the Atlantic is moving to create markets and infrastructure in Europe in anticipation of promoting blue hydrogen, derived from natural gas, as a transition fuel to support EU goals of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.

The Nord Stream 2 consortium is laying pipe in Danish waters despite US sanctions. A deal is anticipated that will allow the pipeline to be built if Germany defends Ukraine’s interests as a transit state for Russian gas.

Introduction of hydrogen blends into the liquefaction process is designed to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.

The Norwegian provider of pipeline safety and technical verification services announced its withdrawal after actions taken by US lawmakers this month.

A trio of field studies recently presented at the 2020 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition highlights in different ways how emerging technology and old-fashioned problem solving are moving the industry needle on proppant and conductivity control.